Robert Wienand has been in touch to let me know that he has seen the EGYPTIAN VULTURE this morning 1.1km south of the Nlhanganzwani Dam turn off East of the S28 in the Kruger National Park. So, it seems to be sticking around in this general area...

Good luck if you are planning on chasing it!

Kind regardsTrevor

Any photographers out there????

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

The bird that was seen in South-East Kruger was a sub-adult Egyptian Vulture.

Here is a photo of it as reported on SA Rarebirds at the time.

It clearly shows a mostly whitish bird with darker primaries on the wings. The yellow bill is also clearly visible and the bird shows the characteristic crested appearance on the head.

Oumie's bird's first dead give away as a Hooded Vulture is the hood on the head. The second is the pink facial skin.

ps: Oumie, only one photo evidence came to the front and that was the photo I posted of the original photo taken. As far as I am concerned, only the people who took that photo saw the bird. There was a scruffy looking Tawny Eagle with a crested appearance that caused great excitement and great confusement, but the Vulture was not seen again after that original sighting by anyone with photo evidence to prove the sighting.